“The camp has had the worst possible start with freak high temperatures. It has made everyone tired and weak, it is pretty unbearable. We had to take special action to make sure no one got sunstroke which could have seen them pull out of the show.”

Things got off to a shaky start for one campmate in particular during Sunday night’s launch, after ‘TOWIE’ star Gemma Collins was reduced to a nervous wreck on her way into the outback.